Prohibition on establishing, maintaining, or sharing vehicle fingerprinting databases

(a) Prohibition The head of a Government agency may not establish or maintain a vehicle fingerprinting database. (b) Civil action In the case that the head of a Government agency violates the prohibition under subsection (a), any individual or entity whose information is the subject of such violation may bring a civil action in any district court of the United States against such Government agency with respect to such violation for— (1) actual damages for an injury resulting from the violation; (2) $25,000 if the court finds that the Government agency targeted the individual or entity in committing such violation; (3) injunctive relief with respect to such violation; and (4) reasonable attorney’s fees and costs with respect to such violation. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Government agency The term Government agency has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1433). (2) Vehicle fingerprinting database The term vehicle fingerprinting database means a database in which the name of an individual or entity or the license plate of a vehicle is linked to any other identifiable information obtained from an automated license plate reader, including— (A) any characteristic of the vehicle, such as the presence of a bumper sticker or roof rack on the vehicle, damage to the vehicle, or the make, model, or color of the vehicle; or (B) geolocation data, including any location visited and the frequency of any such visit.